The Earth is currently in the early stages of spiritual energy recovery. Although the spiritual energy is still weak, it is quite active!
This active spiritual energy is very easy to absorb and greatly beneficial to mortals who are just beginning to cultivate.
In less than a week, over a thousand people on Earth have officially entered the ranks of cultivators.
A thousand people may sound like a lot, but compared to the global population of 8 billion, it is negligible.
At this time, most people on Earth who couldn't make progress in cultivation realized they lacked talent and spiritual roots.
These are the hard requirements for cultivation, indispensable. Without talent and spiritual roots, one will be forever estranged from cultivation!
Those with talent are often few, with one in a thousand being considered excellent. Countless people wailed in unwillingness.
They have encountered a new era, an era different from technological civilization, an era that only exists in legends. It is foreseeable that the class structure of Earth will change in the future, with cultivators becoming the new elite class, standing at the top, enjoying the most beautiful scenery.
But all of this is irrelevant to 99.9% of people, because they lack talent!
"Ah! I can't accept this. A new era is about to arrive, and immortality through cultivation is within reach, yet I lack talent and can only watch from the sidelines. How desperate is this? I don't want to be a witness to the new era; I want to be a participant!"
"My grandfather had no talent, my father had no talent, my son has no talent, and I have no talent. Heaven is so unfair! Why treat me like this? The new era has no place for my family, and it will be even more impossible to achieve class mobility in the future!"
"Why! I started from scratch, endured over ten years of hardship and struggle, and finally earned billions in wealth, becoming a respected and envied tycoon. Yet, why do I lack talent! No talent!? I am not resigned!"
"I'm laughing. A freeloader, a tattooed man who bullies people and acts recklessly, was favored by heaven and possesses talent. While I studied diligently since childhood, helped others, donated during disasters, and worked hard to contribute to the country, I don't have a shred of talent! Oh, heavens, is this fair?"
"......"
Those without cultivation talent all felt it was unfair!
Earth has entered a new era, but it hasn't brought them along. This made them jealous and despairing!
These people posted various aggressive topics online, making the entire internet environment deteriorate.
Those with talent dared not express their joy for fear of being attacked by envious netizens, even having their information dug up and being doxxed!
Governments worldwide saw this and intervened to suppress public opinion. Simultaneously, official statements were made, assuring that no one would be abandoned and that the new era would be shared by everyone.
In the future, methods for those without talent to cultivate would be sought, allowing everyone on Earth to cultivate.
It was also stated that many high-ranking officials and top tycoons also lacked talent, and that heaven was both unfair and fair.
At least it did not withhold cultivation talent because of poverty, nor did it grant cultivation talent because of wealth.
After the appeasement by various governments, people's emotions calmed down, and they felt more balanced and rational.
In the past few days, several small countries have reported signs of divine appearances, which once again caused a stir.
The gods on Earth were indeed more than one!
However, unlike the Mountain Ancestor of Huaxia, the newly emerged gods in these small countries did not high-profilely pass down their legacies and recruit disciples.
Instead, they acted quietly. One small country even declared a complete lockdown, closing off diplomacy, trade, all border crossings, and even the internet, due to the appearance of a deity.
This made everyone extremely curious about what had happened in that small country.
This unusual behavior also attracted the attention of major powers like the United States. When they used satellites to monitor the small country, they were horrified to discover that a phantom of an eye was suspended above the country!
It was a pitch-black, closed eye. From the satellite imagery, this eye phantom was astonishingly large, covering the entire territory of the small country, preventing satellites from seeing what was happening inside.
This prompted concern from various countries. England, located relatively close to the small country, immediately dispatched special forces to infiltrate, but they vanished without a trace.
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Huaxia, Suzhou City.
"Old Qin, does your daughter really have cultivation talent?"
Qin Cheng, who was busy working at his computer, was startled by this question!
He turned around and saw his superior, the company's chairman. He quickly shook his head, "Manager Wang, you're joking. My daughter is just a junior college graduate, how could she possibly have cultivation talent? Where did you hear this rumor?"
Manager Wang smiled thinly, "Old Qin, are you still trying to hide it from me? Do you really think I don't know?"
Under Manager Wang's gaze, sweat beaded on Qin Cheng's forehead. Finally, he nodded and admitted.
"I apologize, Manager Wang. In this current environment, it's not very friendly to people with cultivation talent, so I had no choice but to keep it from you."
"Haha, it's alright, as long as she has talent!" Confirming the information was true, Manager Wang burst into laughter, his eyes shining.
Seeing Manager Wang's expression, Qin Cheng frowned, a bad premonition surfacing in his heart.
"Old Qin, you've struck gold! Young Master Jin is currently looking for a woman with cultivation talent to marry into the family. Your daughter has caught Young Master Jin's eye, and you will become his father-in-law. Your future is limitless!"
Manager Wang said with a hint of envy.
People with cultivation talent were now highly sought after, recruited by various forces.
Some wealthy families also realized the importance of future cultivators and were already recruiting them for their own use.
The Jin family was the foremost family in Suzhou City, owning dozens of companies, including six with billions in assets and two with hundreds of billions.
Such strength placed them among the top in all of Huaxia.
But heaven is fair; it gave the Jin family so much wealth, and naturally, it took away other things.
Not a single person in the Jin family, including collateral relatives, possessed talent.
This made the Jin family desperate and anxious. Without cultivators, they feared their family's status would be challenged in the future, making them extremely eager to recruit those with cultivation talent.
Young Master Jin particularly wished to marry a woman with cultivation talent, hoping that his children would inherit their mother's cultivation talent.
Thus, as the Jin family spared no effort in gathering information, Qin Cheng's daughter, still in high school, was targeted.
Qin Cheng naturally knew of the Jin family; they were like the de facto rulers of Suzhou City, recognized by every local resident.
He also knew that the Jin family's eldest son, Young Master Jin, was an overweight man in his thirties, weighing over 200 pounds, with a greasy face, who spent his days in bars and nightclubs, consorting with various internet celebrities, models, and the like – a complete scoundrel.
How could he possibly marry his daughter off to such a degenerate?